Chapter 11: Uck!
"Uck! Can we stop real quick?" Yuffie complained, still clinging onto Zack, her face green as the scenery blurred past her, and she felt the lurch of Zack's chocobo take another deep stride forward, her stomach lunging up her throat. Oh god, who knew she was motion sick? She had never ridden in her life, and mostly walked, so how was she supposed to know she'd get sick just for riding a stupid bird. She was starting to hate this big black bird.
"Stop? We ain't even half way an' ya wanna stop again?" Zack's southern drawl reaching her ears, and she glared at his back, trying hard not to notice how the scenery swirl around in a sickening array of colors.
"If ya don' want my breakfast all over ya, ya will!" Yuffie cried, changing into the third hue of green that morning. Ugh. retching did sound like a good idea, though not all over Zack. She had seen first hand the accuracy he had with that gun, and she didn't want it pointed at her. She was only sixteen for heaven's sake! She wanted to keep her life, thank you very much. She still hadn't found a way to annoy Lord Gordo to death. Couldn't you just feel the love?
Zack sighed, halting his chocobo almost abruptly, his chocobo warking its unhappiness, while Yuffie immediately hopped off, going for the nearest bush and the most horrible sound of wrenching emitted from the bushes, and Zack was positive he turned green himself.
He glanced back at his chocobo, which looked a bit offended, giving another high pitched 'wark' and hiding its face under its wing as if to drown out the sound.
Ah agree totally with ya buddy. Zack thought, his face recovering a tinge of its normal color as Yuffie came back from behind the bushes, looking a bit better, but still worse for wear.
"Ugh, Ah think Ah shouldn' have eaten so much." Yuffie slurred a bit, and Zack noticed, with a piece of pride, she had taken up the southern drawl. It made her seem more of a person than a stuck up lady, and maybe that's what Zack found so interesting about her. She didn't follow the rules like she was supposed to, but then again, neither did he.
"Yea, bad for ya stomach. Ya should've told me ya were motion sick." Zack said with a slightly scolding voice, though Yuffie stuck out her tongue, putting her hands squarely on her hips.
"Excuse me! Ya ain't my father!" She paused, making a face, shaking her head. "And thank Gawd for that!" Yuffie said, scrunching up her nose as if it was the most insulting thing to be compared to her father, though he had to say she looked adorable and he thought it was kinda cute the way she said 'Gawd'.
Immediately he shook his head, clearing his head of those kinda thoughts. He had a job to do, and now was no time for fun. Besides, he couldn't take advantage of her! It would be wrong, though there was nothing wrong with him 'flirting' so to speak.
Yuffie pursed her lips, her eyes narrowing as she glared at Zack, who had a somewhat faraway look on his face. Great, she had another Cloud with her. Oh, life was just peachy.
"Hey!" She snapped her fingers in his face, getting him back to the planet, her lips pulled into a frown, her nose crinkling. "We gotta save Tifa, remember? And give a big butt whoopin' to whoever was stupid enough to kidnap her! They'll have to answer to Yuffie Kisargi!" Yuffie grinned, a gleam in her brown eyes, rubbing her hands together mischievously while Zack just shook his head.
"Uck!" Yuffie complained five minutes later while Zack shook his head, sighing slightly. She was right though, they did need to 'rescue' Tifa and give her captures a 'butt whooping'. For once in Zack's lonely life, he wished that he had settled down and gotten the chance to have friends. Maybe one of them would be a little like Miz Yuffie Kisargi.
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"Don Corneo? Who's that?" Tifa asked in confusion, looking at Elena, who wrinkled her nose in distaste, reminding Tifa mildly of Yuffie. With a somewhat guilty expression, Tifa wondered how her friend was doing, and when was the last time she had thought of her.
"Where did ya hear that disgustin' name?" Elena said in disgust, her nose still crinkled as if the very name stunk of something foul, while Tifa blinked, tilting her head to the side almost thoughtfully.
"Well, I heard Reno and Rude talking about him earlier. Something about another 'female that the Don had his eyes on'. Shera said his last name was Corneo, but that's all I got until she left to attend to Cid, who's been nicer to her, and she wanted to tell you thanks." Tifa said, grinning, though her expression fell while Elena continued to stew over something, not saying anything, which was rare for her.
"He's. a sheriff." Elena said finally, and Tifa nodded her head, leaning forward a bit, looking at her friend in concern, as she had her eyebrows knitted in something like concentration.
"Yes? Is he as good as Sephiroth then?" Tifa prodded, tilting her head to the side, trying to squeeze some information out of Elena, which usually wasn't hard to do. What was so bad about him anyway?
"No." Elena said, staring off into space, her eyes wide and blank, and Tifa resisted the urge to smack her. Would she just snap out of it? "Then what is it then? Is he attractive or something?" Tifa asked in exasperation, and Elena instantly snapped her head toward her, her brown eyes wide.
"Attractive? Please! He's so fat an' pig like! Oh yuck, Tifa! Ah think Ah might kill myself from the very thought!" Elena cried, drawing Aeris's attention to the two as she scooted her way over.
"Tifa, if Ah were ya, Ah'd stay far away from him. He's a pervert who uses his status to try an' woo women! It's sick, Ah tell ya." Aeris said woefully, flinging her arms up with dramatic flair, before settling herself back down while Tifa tilted her head to the side.
"What does this have to do with me?" Tifa asked after a moment, and Elena and Aeris gave each other a somewhat uneasy look.
"Well, ya see." Aeris started, Elena picking up on the sentence.
"He likes ta pick fresh young girls." Elena trailed off, while both girls piped up together.
"And Ah guess he picked ya!" Both chirped, almost amused looks on their faces while Tifa face faulted. After picking herself and retaining some dignity, she looked up at both of them, mouth open in shock.
"M-M-Me?" Tifa stuttered, while Elena shrugged, grinning a bit.
"Oh, it's not so bad. He kidnapped me and Elena once, but Sir an' everyone came ta kick his butt for us. It was fun ta watch his lard butt bein' kicked." Aeris giggled, while Elena grinned some more, her look one of gloating. Tifa blinked, wondering how these two could take something like that so well. She supposed she was taking it rather well too. Maybe this had been the escape she had so badly longed for?
But. as she had watched the girls, like Aeris and Elena, they seemed so at ease with these bandits, who were supposed to be 'heartless' and 'rowdy', which admittedly they were, but not so much like the horror stories told about them portrayed. They just had fun, and even if it was illegal, Tifa supposed she could understand.
Instantly her eyes widened, almost clamping a hand over her mouth. Understand why the stole? Why they terrorized poor innocent people? How could she even think that? But... seeing how happy the bandits made Elena, Aeris, and Shera. she guessed she could make an exception.
"If Ah were ya, though, Ah would watch my back." Aeris said after a moment, pursing her lips in worry while Tifa nodded, surprised at how Aeris could switch from care free to serious.
"Thanks Aeris." Tifa said with a slight smile, as the brunette grinned, giggling as she nodded, balancing a tray on her slender hand as she wove her way back into the crowd, Elena trailing after her.
"So what did 'Laney say?" Tifa whirled around to see Reno grinning up at her, Rude forever by his side, sitting there as silent and stony as always.
"Nothing much." Tifa said, scrubbing the counter of the bar, not knowing really if she should tell or not. It might just be a silly rumor or something, and even if Reno wasn't one of the most serious person in the world, from what Elena and Aeris, Don Corneo didn't sound like the best character to be talking about.
"If it's that Don Corneo bit, don' worry. Rude an' Ah got ya back. Even Sir is lookin' into it." Reno said, and Tifa almost felt her heart flutter at the mention of Rufus, and Reno must have seen it, for he burst out into gales of laughter. "Awwww! Ya like Sir too, doncha?" Reno howled, the commotion causing Rude to stare at his friend, while Tifa's cheeks burned.
"What are you talking about?" Tifa sputtered, while Reno just grinned cockily, shrugging his shoulders with a somewhat jaunty gesture.
"Well, y'know, it ain't too hard to tell, 'specially cause ya ain't the first dame that was smitten with our Sir." Reno said, and Tifa stiffened a bit, turning her gaze back to Reno.
"What?" She snapped, while Reno just grinned, leaning back in his chair, his hands supporting his head while Tifa gaped at him.
"Don' act so shocked! Ah mean, geez, next ta me, Sir is the hottest guy in the west." Reno said arrogantly, while Tifa just rolled her eyes, though the thought disturbed her somewhat. She should know how women liked to flock to handsome men, men with power, men with money. It was almost ironic how well she knew.
"Oh, I can understand." Tifa whispered slightly, tilting her head to the side as Reno got up, grinning happily as he swung off the stool, humming as he took his bottle of beer.
"Well, just be aware Scarlet ain't gonna like hearin' this, so Ah'd definitely watch my back now. See ya Tifa." Reno sang something to himself as Rude caught his friend before he fell to the ground, giving Tifa a slight nod of his head as they both walked off.
Tifa bit her lip, tilting her head to the side. Who was Scarlet? And what did Don Corneo want with her anyway?
~*Author's Notes*~ Oh god, first Don Corneo and now Scarlet? Mwhahaha! Cannot you feel the evil that radiates from this story? Well, don't worry. I think I'll work on some more thingies for a while, like Shera's relationship. Yea, that'll be fun. Well, see you people, and thanks so much for all your reviews and support! Please read and review like always!
"Uck! Can we stop real quick?" Yuffie complained, still clinging onto Zack, her face green as the scenery blurred past her, and she felt the lurch of Zack's chocobo take another deep stride forward, her stomach lunging up her throat. Oh god, who knew she was motion sick? She had never ridden in her life, and mostly walked, so how was she supposed to know she'd get sick just for riding a stupid bird. She was starting to hate this big black bird.
"Stop? We ain't even half way an' ya wanna stop again?" Zack's southern drawl reaching her ears, and she glared at his back, trying hard not to notice how the scenery swirl around in a sickening array of colors.
"If ya don' want my breakfast all over ya, ya will!" Yuffie cried, changing into the third hue of green that morning. Ugh. retching did sound like a good idea, though not all over Zack. She had seen first hand the accuracy he had with that gun, and she didn't want it pointed at her. She was only sixteen for heaven's sake! She wanted to keep her life, thank you very much. She still hadn't found a way to annoy Lord Gordo to death. Couldn't you just feel the love?
Zack sighed, halting his chocobo almost abruptly, his chocobo warking its unhappiness, while Yuffie immediately hopped off, going for the nearest bush and the most horrible sound of wrenching emitted from the bushes, and Zack was positive he turned green himself.
He glanced back at his chocobo, which looked a bit offended, giving another high pitched 'wark' and hiding its face under its wing as if to drown out the sound.
Ah agree totally with ya buddy. Zack thought, his face recovering a tinge of its normal color as Yuffie came back from behind the bushes, looking a bit better, but still worse for wear.
"Ugh, Ah think Ah shouldn' have eaten so much." Yuffie slurred a bit, and Zack noticed, with a piece of pride, she had taken up the southern drawl. It made her seem more of a person than a stuck up lady, and maybe that's what Zack found so interesting about her. She didn't follow the rules like she was supposed to, but then again, neither did he.
"Yea, bad for ya stomach. Ya should've told me ya were motion sick." Zack said with a slightly scolding voice, though Yuffie stuck out her tongue, putting her hands squarely on her hips.
"Excuse me! Ya ain't my father!" She paused, making a face, shaking her head. "And thank Gawd for that!" Yuffie said, scrunching up her nose as if it was the most insulting thing to be compared to her father, though he had to say she looked adorable and he thought it was kinda cute the way she said 'Gawd'.
Immediately he shook his head, clearing his head of those kinda thoughts. He had a job to do, and now was no time for fun. Besides, he couldn't take advantage of her! It would be wrong, though there was nothing wrong with him 'flirting' so to speak.
Yuffie pursed her lips, her eyes narrowing as she glared at Zack, who had a somewhat faraway look on his face. Great, she had another Cloud with her. Oh, life was just peachy.
"Hey!" She snapped her fingers in his face, getting him back to the planet, her lips pulled into a frown, her nose crinkling. "We gotta save Tifa, remember? And give a big butt whoopin' to whoever was stupid enough to kidnap her! They'll have to answer to Yuffie Kisargi!" Yuffie grinned, a gleam in her brown eyes, rubbing her hands together mischievously while Zack just shook his head.
"Uck!" Yuffie complained five minutes later while Zack shook his head, sighing slightly. She was right though, they did need to 'rescue' Tifa and give her captures a 'butt whooping'. For once in Zack's lonely life, he wished that he had settled down and gotten the chance to have friends. Maybe one of them would be a little like Miz Yuffie Kisargi.
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"Don Corneo? Who's that?" Tifa asked in confusion, looking at Elena, who wrinkled her nose in distaste, reminding Tifa mildly of Yuffie. With a somewhat guilty expression, Tifa wondered how her friend was doing, and when was the last time she had thought of her.
"Where did ya hear that disgustin' name?" Elena said in disgust, her nose still crinkled as if the very name stunk of something foul, while Tifa blinked, tilting her head to the side almost thoughtfully.
"Well, I heard Reno and Rude talking about him earlier. Something about another 'female that the Don had his eyes on'. Shera said his last name was Corneo, but that's all I got until she left to attend to Cid, who's been nicer to her, and she wanted to tell you thanks." Tifa said, grinning, though her expression fell while Elena continued to stew over something, not saying anything, which was rare for her.
"He's. a sheriff." Elena said finally, and Tifa nodded her head, leaning forward a bit, looking at her friend in concern, as she had her eyebrows knitted in something like concentration.
"Yes? Is he as good as Sephiroth then?" Tifa prodded, tilting her head to the side, trying to squeeze some information out of Elena, which usually wasn't hard to do. What was so bad about him anyway?
"No." Elena said, staring off into space, her eyes wide and blank, and Tifa resisted the urge to smack her. Would she just snap out of it? "Then what is it then? Is he attractive or something?" Tifa asked in exasperation, and Elena instantly snapped her head toward her, her brown eyes wide.
"Attractive? Please! He's so fat an' pig like! Oh yuck, Tifa! Ah think Ah might kill myself from the very thought!" Elena cried, drawing Aeris's attention to the two as she scooted her way over.
"Tifa, if Ah were ya, Ah'd stay far away from him. He's a pervert who uses his status to try an' woo women! It's sick, Ah tell ya." Aeris said woefully, flinging her arms up with dramatic flair, before settling herself back down while Tifa tilted her head to the side.
"What does this have to do with me?" Tifa asked after a moment, and Elena and Aeris gave each other a somewhat uneasy look.
"Well, ya see." Aeris started, Elena picking up on the sentence.
"He likes ta pick fresh young girls." Elena trailed off, while both girls piped up together.
"And Ah guess he picked ya!" Both chirped, almost amused looks on their faces while Tifa face faulted. After picking herself and retaining some dignity, she looked up at both of them, mouth open in shock.
"M-M-Me?" Tifa stuttered, while Elena shrugged, grinning a bit.
"Oh, it's not so bad. He kidnapped me and Elena once, but Sir an' everyone came ta kick his butt for us. It was fun ta watch his lard butt bein' kicked." Aeris giggled, while Elena grinned some more, her look one of gloating. Tifa blinked, wondering how these two could take something like that so well. She supposed she was taking it rather well too. Maybe this had been the escape she had so badly longed for?
But. as she had watched the girls, like Aeris and Elena, they seemed so at ease with these bandits, who were supposed to be 'heartless' and 'rowdy', which admittedly they were, but not so much like the horror stories told about them portrayed. They just had fun, and even if it was illegal, Tifa supposed she could understand.
Instantly her eyes widened, almost clamping a hand over her mouth. Understand why the stole? Why they terrorized poor innocent people? How could she even think that? But... seeing how happy the bandits made Elena, Aeris, and Shera. she guessed she could make an exception.
"If Ah were ya, though, Ah would watch my back." Aeris said after a moment, pursing her lips in worry while Tifa nodded, surprised at how Aeris could switch from care free to serious.
"Thanks Aeris." Tifa said with a slight smile, as the brunette grinned, giggling as she nodded, balancing a tray on her slender hand as she wove her way back into the crowd, Elena trailing after her.
"So what did 'Laney say?" Tifa whirled around to see Reno grinning up at her, Rude forever by his side, sitting there as silent and stony as always.
"Nothing much." Tifa said, scrubbing the counter of the bar, not knowing really if she should tell or not. It might just be a silly rumor or something, and even if Reno wasn't one of the most serious person in the world, from what Elena and Aeris, Don Corneo didn't sound like the best character to be talking about.
"If it's that Don Corneo bit, don' worry. Rude an' Ah got ya back. Even Sir is lookin' into it." Reno said, and Tifa almost felt her heart flutter at the mention of Rufus, and Reno must have seen it, for he burst out into gales of laughter. "Awwww! Ya like Sir too, doncha?" Reno howled, the commotion causing Rude to stare at his friend, while Tifa's cheeks burned.
"What are you talking about?" Tifa sputtered, while Reno just grinned cockily, shrugging his shoulders with a somewhat jaunty gesture.
"Well, y'know, it ain't too hard to tell, 'specially cause ya ain't the first dame that was smitten with our Sir." Reno said, and Tifa stiffened a bit, turning her gaze back to Reno.
"What?" She snapped, while Reno just grinned, leaning back in his chair, his hands supporting his head while Tifa gaped at him.
"Don' act so shocked! Ah mean, geez, next ta me, Sir is the hottest guy in the west." Reno said arrogantly, while Tifa just rolled her eyes, though the thought disturbed her somewhat. She should know how women liked to flock to handsome men, men with power, men with money. It was almost ironic how well she knew.
"Oh, I can understand." Tifa whispered slightly, tilting her head to the side as Reno got up, grinning happily as he swung off the stool, humming as he took his bottle of beer.
"Well, just be aware Scarlet ain't gonna like hearin' this, so Ah'd definitely watch my back now. See ya Tifa." Reno sang something to himself as Rude caught his friend before he fell to the ground, giving Tifa a slight nod of his head as they both walked off.
Tifa bit her lip, tilting her head to the side. Who was Scarlet? And what did Don Corneo want with her anyway?
~*Author's Notes*~ Oh god, first Don Corneo and now Scarlet? Mwhahaha! Cannot you feel the evil that radiates from this story? Well, don't worry. I think I'll work on some more thingies for a while, like Shera's relationship. Yea, that'll be fun. Well, see you people, and thanks so much for all your reviews and support! Please read and review like always!